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LECTURERS 2018–19 “It Felt Like a Gift to a Small Church to Have a Speaker of Such Renown As John Bell and Not to Have to Worry About Finances LECTURERS 2018–19 “ It felt like a gift to a small church to have a speaker of such renown as John Bell and not to have to worry about finances. We would not have been able to do this without the help of the Trust and are truly grateful. Hosting the event also gave us something exciting to look forward to and gave encouragement to the life of our church. Thank you!” West Derbyshire United Reformed Church WWW.MONTGOMERYTRUST.ORG.UK 3 7 DR EDWARD ADAMS 25 REVD DR IAN PAUL 8 REVD PROFESSOR JEFF ASTLEY 26 THE VERY REVD PROFESSOR 9 MR ANDREW BARR MARTYN PERCY 10 REVD DR JOHN BELL 27 MR MICHAEL POOLE 11 REVD PROFESSOR 28 CANON DR MARK PRYCE RICHARD BURRIDGE 29 DR ANNE RICHARDS 12 REVD CANON EDWARD CARTER 30 DR NICOLA SLEE 13 CANON CHRIS CHIVERS 31 R D CHRISTOPHER 14 DR ANN CONWAY-JONES SOUTHGATE 15 PROFESSOR TREVOR COOLING 32 PROFESSOR NEIL SPURWAY 16 DR ESTHER DE WAAL 33 DR ELAINE STORKEY 17 DR CLAIRE FOSTER-GILBERT 34 REVD DR MIRANDA 18 DR JACK LAWSON THRELFALL-HOLMES 19 DR PHILIP LEWIS 35 DR MEG WARNER 20 PROFESSOR PETER MCCULLOUGH 36 CANON PROFESSOR VERNON WHITE 21 PROFESSOR JOLYON MITCHELL 37 PROFESSOR 22 MRS RACHEL MORIARTY HADDON WILLMER 23 DR REBECCA NYE 38 REVD CANON DR JAMES WOODWARD THE MONTGOMERY TRUST LECTURERS 24 CANON MARK OAKLEY 4 THE MONTGOMERY TRUST WHAT IS THE MONTGOMERY TRUST? The Montgomery Trust exists to bring the insights of renowned academic and scientific minds to anyone seeking to understand faith more deeply. It was established thanks to a bequest from Sir Alexander Cecil Montgomery of Albury, Surrey – a Baronet who lived from 1859 until 1939. He was passionate about communicating modern Bible scholarship, with an emphasis on Christian apologetics, to everyone. His will stipulated that the Trust is: “ ...for the purpose of promoting lectures in explanation and defence of the Christian Religion and with a view to removing difficulties widely felt in the way of faith in God and to demonstrate the reasonableness of theistic faith.” – Paragraph 7 from the Will of Sir Alexander Cecil Montgomery, 1937 In addition, Sir Alex expressed a preference for the lecturers ‘being proficient in some branch of science or scholarship and preferably lay, with a gift for popular exposition’. There are now over 30 Montgomery Trust Lecturers, who each offer up to 3 lecture titles MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY TRUST LECTURERS and themes to choose from. WWW.MONTGOMERYTRUST.ORG.UK 5 Three advisers oversee the programme: the Dean of With over 30 lecturers and nearly 100 lecture topics St Paul’s Cathedral, the Dean of Westminster and the available, we are confident you will find the perfect Dean of King’s College London. The advisers are combination for your audience. responsible for the appointment of lecturers. It has been agreed that some of the lectures may deal with And hosting a lecture is very exciting! It engages your professional issues in the teaching of Religious Education community, starts conversations, presents different in a multicultural society. opinions and provides a space for discussion. For further information about booking a Montgomery Previous hosts have included cathedrals and churches, Lecture go to www.montgomerytrust.org.uk community and special-interest groups, chaplaincies, universities and schools. WHY HOST A MONTGOMERY TRUST LECTURE? The Montgomery Trust gives you the opportunity to book a renowned lecturer for your special event at no cost to you. The Trust pays the lecturer’s fees and travel costs. 6 THE MONTGOMERY TRUST PROMOTING YOUR EVENT We do ask you to guarantee a minimum of 30 people in your audience. To help achieve this, ask people to book, even though there is no charge – people are far more likely to attend if they’ve booked! And make sure you tell them how to book and who MAKE YOUR CHOICE with (a phone call or email – and After reading the profiles of each of the to whom?). This enables you lecturers and deciding which particular to plan your seating and any lecture(s) you would like delivered at refreshments you might like your event(s), please enquire via the to provide. online booking form on our website www.montgomerytrust.org.uk. Advertise your event by: Whilst we do our very best to • word of mouth accommodate your first choice in relation to date, lecturer and lecture topic, please • email invitations consider giving alternatives to avoid • posters and flyers disappointment. • local newspapers We can be contacted by emailing ORGANISING LECTURE YOUR • social media BOOK A LECTURER [email protected] WWW.MONTGOMERYTRUST.ORG.UK 7 Edward Adams is Professor of New Testament Studies in the 3 Going to Church in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King’s College 1st Century London. He has research interests in the Gospels, the letters and What was it like to ‘go to church’ theology of Paul and ecclesial space in early Christianity. in the 1st Century? This lecture considers the experience of He is strongly committed to the public communication of the New ‘church’, especially in Pauline Testament, is regularly consulted by the media and has given many communities: the assemblies radio and TV interviews. He was the Academic Consultant for the TV founded, or written to, by the series David Suchet: In the Footsteps of Saint Paul and David Suchet: In the Apostle Paul. Learn about the Footsteps of Saint Peter. material setting of gatherings, the frequency of meetings and the nature of worship in LECTURE TOPICS Paul’s churches. 1 Four Gospels, One Story The New Testament contains four Gospels which are all similar, PUBLICATIONS yet different. How to negotiate the similarities and differences is a Edward has written several Dr EDWARD ADAMS longstanding problem of Gospel interpretation. In this lecture, a books, including Parallel Lives model for appreciating and navigating the unity and diversity of the of Jesus: Four Gospels, One Story, four Gospels will be put forward and illustrated. and The Earliest Christian Meeting Places: Almost Exclusively Houses? 2 P aul, Misrepresentative of Jesus? He also co-edited Christianity at Saint, or the Apostle, Paul is the most important figure in the history Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline of Christianity after Jesus himself. Yet many believe that he corrupted Church with David Horrell. the message of Jesus and turned him into a divine saviour when Jesus never claimed to be anything of the sort. This lecture considers Paul’s relation to Jesus, and contends that he stood in continuity with Jesus and the faith of his earliest followers. 8 THE MONTGOMERY TRUST Revd Professor JEFF ASTLEY Jeff Astley is repugnance of the supposed character of God – describing the The Alister God. This lecture addresses whether a God indescribable?’ Can these Hardy Professor who judges people for not believing in him questions be answered? of Religious is worthy of the name. and Spiritual PUBLICATIONS Experience at 2 Faith: An Affair of the Heart or the Head? Jeff is the author or editor of Glyndŵr University, Is it possible to have faith without passion? over thirty books on Christian as well as an Would passionless faith be safer than Education, Practical Theology honorary professor passionate faith? Explore the role that and Religious Faith, including in the Department feeling plays in religious faith, and how The Philosophy of Christian Religious of Theology and Religion and Professorial this distinguishes it from other forms of Education; Choosing Life? Christianity Fellow of St Chad’s College at Durham believing. Can passionate faith be and Moral Problems; Learning in University, and a visiting professor at York reasonable faith? the Way: Research and Reflection on St John University. For over 30 years he Adult Christian Education; Ordinary was the Director of the North of England 3 Watching Our Religious Language Theology: Looking, Listening and Institute for Christian Education (see: Two criticisms are often made of talk about Learning in Theology; Exploring www.community.dur.ac.uk/neice/). God: ‘Why don’t religious believers stick to God-Talk: Using Language in Religion; straightforward, literal accounts of their Christ of the Everyday; the SCM Study LECTURE TOPICS God, instead of all this obscure poetry and guide to Christian Doctrine; Studying 1 So Which God Don’t You Believe In? flowery figures of speech?’ and ‘How God: Doing Theology, and What Do We Atheist concerns often centre on the moral can any human being really talk about Believe? Why Does it Matter? WWW.MONTGOMERYTRUST.ORG.UK 9 PUBLICATIONS Mr Andrew was co-author of Jobs for the Boys (Hodder 2001), looking at the experiences of women who ANDREW BARR became priests in the Anglican Church. Other titles published Andrew Barr LECTURE TOPICS: include Songs of Praise: A Lent and works freelance 1 Religion and Media in a Changing Society Easter Companion and Through the in the media How does today’s ‘consumer’ find their way Year with Songs of Praise (Lion/BBC). as a presenter, through the daily changes of life with the He contributed to the International consultant electronic media to search for eternal truths? directory, Christianity: a complete and writer. ‘Social media’ sounds like an answer but is guide (Continuum 2005). His Out it? The traditional arrangement between of the Deep anthology of resources He has worked churches and broadcasters may have been for times of national grief was for the BBC, ITV, swept aside too, but this presentation aims published in 2013 by CTBI. His last Channel 4, Radio to help both to cope – and to thrive. project was a media presentation for Scotland and Premier Radio amongst others. Macmillan Nurses, working with his He has been a Trustee of the MB Reckitt Trust; 2 Remembrance wife, Liz Barr.
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